Seybert v. City of Pittsburg
Supreme Court of the United States
Seybert v. City of Pittsburg, 1 U.S. 272 (1863)
Seybert v. City of Pittsburg
Opinion of the Court
delivered, in a few words, the opiniou of the court. He stated the case, quoted the language ol the Pennsylvania decision as just given, and announced that “ as this court fully concur in the construction of the act made by the highest tribunal of the State of Pennsylvania, it was unnecessary to make further remark.” That the judgment of the Circuit Court was therefore to be reversed, and judgment entered for the plaintiff on the special verdict.
Judgment accordingly.
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- An authority given by act of legislature to a city corporation to subscribe for stock in a railway company, “ as fully as any individual,” authorizes also the issue by the city of its negotiable bonds in payment of the stock. The opinion of the Supreme Court of a State taking this view of an act of Assembly passed by that State, approved.